RADIOACTIVE radiation from the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) mines in Jaduguda, Bihar, is causing large-scale health hazards to the tribal population living in the adjoining areas.

palamu Tiger Reserve in the Daltanganj district of Bihar has lately become haven for smugglers trading in precious teak ( sagwan ) trees. On an average, trees worth Rs 30 lakh are felled

How do you destroy a forest? Cover it under Project Tiger and alienate the local people. An example from Bihar

Thousands of people in Bihar are trapped between the Kosi and its embankments. They have been suffering for decades. But the state government is still blind to their plight

The most devastating feature of Kosi, Bihar's sorrow, has been its ruthless course shifts. In the last 200 years, it has moved westwards by as much as 110 km averaging some 0.5 km every year. Up to

Caught in a death trap, Jharia residents await doomsday. While BCCL openly displays a let them die attitude and the government remains silent, people continue sitting on fire

A uranium plant in Bihar is being blamed for the numerous diseases that afflict the area

• The ministry of environment and forests has banned setting up of